Unable to modify style formatting

[Gary Bokelmann]

I am running Word 97 on Windows XP Home. When I try to
manually modify a or import a style from another
document, I hit a brick wall. I click on "Format" and
look for the "Styles" selection in the drop-down list and
it's not there -- it's not "grayed out" -- it simply
doesn't exist! It used to be there, then one day it was
gone. This happened in the past on a laptop running
Windows 98. I reinstalled Office/Word and fixed it, but
I have reinstalled Office/Word five times on this
computer and it's still not there.

Anyone ever encounter this? Any fixes?

Thanks!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Do you have your styles list set for "All styles?"

What happens when you try to create a style with the same name?
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See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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[Graham Mayor]

Tools > customize > commands > format and drag the missing function back to
the menu. I can't remember what the command was called in Word 97, but it
could be 'modify style'

See also http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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[Gary Bokelmann]

WONDERFUL! I got it done and it worked!

Thank you very much!

 

[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome!

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